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Turner Awards 54.7% Construction Contracts to M/WBEs

Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, announced today that during 2009 it awarded contracts in excess of $1 billion to minority and women owned business enterprises (M/WBEs). This r...

26 Mar 2010

Top Projects and Trends of UK Construction Equipment Industry

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: The Future of the Construction Equipment Industry in the UK (http://www.reportlinker.com/p0183498/The-Future-of-the-Construction...

26 Mar 2010

Belgium Construction Site Supplies Market Report Assists New Market Entries

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/82c7d8/construction_site) has announced the addition of the "Construction Site Supplies Market in Belgium: Business Report 2009" report to their ...

26 Mar 2010

SteelmMaster to Provide Buildings for Los Alamos National Laboratory

Approximately 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, N.M. sits Los Alamos National Laboratory—a site which soon will be dotted with 11 SteelMaster Buildings. The laboratory is one of the largest science and technology...

25 Mar 2010

Using Your Garage Door to Save you Energy over the Winter

Rich Battistini, Owner of Precision Garage Door, stresses the importance of seasonal energy efficiency of garage doors, even for homes across the South. As winter 2010 has shown, not even the South is safe from frigi...

25 Mar 2010

AGR Tools Increases Diamond Tool Distributors Networks

AGR Tools, Inc. (OTCBB: AGRT) is pleased to announce that AGR Stone & Tools USA, Inc. ("AGR USA"), with which AGR Tools has entered into a binding share exchange agreement, is continuing to pursue its aggre...

25 Mar 2010

New Shingle Facility to be Built by Roofing Material Manufacturer IKO

IKO, a North American pioneer in the residential and commercial roofing business, has announced plans to build a state-of-the-art, high-performance shingle plant in Sylacauga, Alabama, with completion slated for fourth q...

25 Mar 2010

Skanska to Construct 168 Apartments in Stockholm

Skanska is to develop and construct 168 apartments in central Stockholm. The investment will total SEK 600 M.

25 Mar 2010

Historical Data, Forecasts and Competitive Landscape of Thailand Construction Market

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1bbdf2/thailand_construct) has announced the addition of the "Thailand Construction Market Data & Forecast to 2013 " report to their offering...

25 Mar 2010

ICA Fluor Awarded EPC Contracts for Mexican Low-Sulfur Gasoline Projects

ICA Fluor, the industrial construction joint venture of Empresas ICA, S.A.B de C.V. (BMV and NYSE: ICA) and Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR), announced today that Mexico’s state oil company, PEMEX Refining, has awarde...

25 Mar 2010

T.Y. Lin Acquires Multi-Disciplined Engineering Firm

T.Y. Lin International (TYLI), an internationally recognized, full-service infrastructure consulting firm, announced today that it has acquired Medina Consultants, P.C. (Medina), a multi-disciplined engineering and surve...

25 Mar 2010

IMAGINiT Permitted to Sell AEC Products in Australia

RAND Worldwide®, a global leader in providing technology solutions to organizations with engineering design and information technology requirements, announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division based in Adelaide, Australia, has received Silver Partner authorization to sell the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) suite of products into the Australian marketplace.

25 Mar 2010

Autodesk Updates Software for Building Information Modeling

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK), a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, announced new versions of its software for the building, infrastructure and construction industries. The updat...

25 Mar 2010

Dow Chemical's Solar Shingle Earns Recognition

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) today announced that its new DOW™ POWERHOUSE™ Solar Shingle received a GLOBE Foundation award for “Environmental Excellence in Emerging Technology

25 Mar 2010

UK Aluminium Framed Windows Market Report Profiles 200 Companies

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dd62e1/2010_plimsoll_anal) has announced the addition of the "2010 Plimsoll Analysis - Aluminium Framed Windows - A comprehensive profile of 200 compa...

25 Mar 2010